ignore the previous comment... i guess you can see the requirements for gold, even though you can do it with less. I guess you can have a diff balance of goods, not necc same as the requirements, which is what happened. Also, pardon the grammar in the previous comment.... I didn't realize these posts ignored line breaks :-/
it's a good game, must congratulate you on the puzzles
the 'uh oh no loot bags' stage, however, makes no sense... i finished it, going to the bonus stage, with 8 objects left and only got a silver star
i gave up trying to finish with 9 or more. came back later, did something completely diff eventully got a gold star with only SIX objects left??